State Of U.P. & Ors vs Hirendra Pal Singh Etc

The Supreme Court addressed appeals against interim orders of the Allahabad High Court that stayed amendments to the U.P. Legal Remembrancer Manual, specifically reducing the retirement age of District Government Counsel from 62 to 60 years and dispensing with consultation with the District Judge. The Court held that the amendments were within the State's legislative competence and that the High Court's interim orders were inappropriate as they effectively reinstated non-existent provisions. The Court emphasized that judicial intervention in policy decisions of the State should be limited unless the law is patently unconstitutional, thereby allowing the amendments to stand.